I cannot now remember when I first met David Layton. I was probably introduced to him by Philip Rowntree. What I can remember was from that first meeting, and at every meeting, David exuberated a sense of fun and kindly mischief.
It was Philip Rowntree, and David Layton, who were the financial instigators of the Low Pay Unit. Philip decided to back the establishing of the LPU with a tranche of monies which had been given to Seebohm Rowntree on his retirement from the chocolate factory in...